chippengael
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Hi all,
We had a new high efficiency boiler installed over a year ago and availed of the grant from SEI. While the boiler works fine, the installer told me that during the course of the work he disconnected the header tank which supplies water pressure to the radiator system. He said this was 'better'. Instead, the system can now be directly connected to the incoming cold supply to the house ...when necessary. In practise, this means connecting a fiddly, short extra hose between the supply and the boiler when the rads need to be bled.
However, I find it impossible to fully bleed the uppermost radiator in the house using this method for reasons I don't fully understand. Also we appear to have frequent airlocks in the cold water system to the bathrooms. When the installer came back to service the boiler, he too could not fully bleed the radiator but was gone before I could pin him down on the problem.
I'm suspicious that disconnecting the header tank has caused this problem. Can anyone throw any light on this issue and perhaps offer an opinion on whether this needs to be reversed?
C.
We had a new high efficiency boiler installed over a year ago and availed of the grant from SEI. While the boiler works fine, the installer told me that during the course of the work he disconnected the header tank which supplies water pressure to the radiator system. He said this was 'better'. Instead, the system can now be directly connected to the incoming cold supply to the house ...when necessary. In practise, this means connecting a fiddly, short extra hose between the supply and the boiler when the rads need to be bled.
However, I find it impossible to fully bleed the uppermost radiator in the house using this method for reasons I don't fully understand. Also we appear to have frequent airlocks in the cold water system to the bathrooms. When the installer came back to service the boiler, he too could not fully bleed the radiator but was gone before I could pin him down on the problem.
I'm suspicious that disconnecting the header tank has caused this problem. Can anyone throw any light on this issue and perhaps offer an opinion on whether this needs to be reversed?
C.